Lewis Hamilton has found his split from Nicole Scherzinger very difficult (Picture: Xposurephotos.com)

‘But it just doesn’t feel the same. A couple of years ago we were here together and I won, so I have great memories.

‘And to come here after a real downer for the last few weeks, I really wasn’t expecting to win’, he told Sky Sports.

This isn’t the first attempt Hamilton has made to publicly reach out to the X Factor judge, as he wrote on Twitter last week: ‘If you’ve found that special someone, don’t EVER let them go no matter what!! Nothing in this world is more important.’

And the driver has been using his music to come to terms with his emotions, tweeting from his recording studio: ‘My hideaway – pouring my heart into this track!!’